I've been on and off of PM for the better part of two years now along with other herbs for breast growth. I see a endocrinologist every six months for my thyroid and the VA doctor annually, so I get blood work done three times a year and there's never been an issue.
Back In February I had a health screening from my healthcare provider and everything looked good except my blood pressure was slightly elevated 136/92
Last week I paid the visit to the VA doc, and while all my blood work came back good my blood pressure was now 156/98! They checked it three times and the best results were 148/94.
The next day at work after sitting at my desk for two hours I took my blood pressure and it was 154/95. I called the endo but he was out for the weekend so I called my primary care and they saw me immediately. Blood pressure was still elevated there after several checks so the doc put me on blood pressure meds.
I had been off all herbs for a week prior to the visit and still am not taking anything. I know SarahSchilling mentioned years ago about her blood "thickening" on PM so she stopped taking it and things returned to normal. I'm wondering if this is what is happening with me or could it be just coincidence? I've been eating much healthier (more fruits and veggies, very little red meat) but very little exercise except yard work and sex.
I see my endo in a week so I will be asking if perhaps it's synthroid related, even though those numbers all look good for my condition. My research shows higher estrogen levels can cause the need for higher synthroid to get the right levels, especially in women that are on hormone replacement or MTF trans. With this my thought is stopping PM caused my levels to elevate and yet while my blood work still looks good thus it's affecting my blood pressure. I could start taking PM again to see if it drops but hesitant to do so.
And it could all just be age related and I'm just overthinking things, as I'm 45 this year.
Obviously my health is the biggest concern...any thoughts on this?
Back In February I had a health screening from my healthcare provider and everything looked good except my blood pressure was slightly elevated 136/92
Last week I paid the visit to the VA doc, and while all my blood work came back good my blood pressure was now 156/98! They checked it three times and the best results were 148/94.
The next day at work after sitting at my desk for two hours I took my blood pressure and it was 154/95. I called the endo but he was out for the weekend so I called my primary care and they saw me immediately. Blood pressure was still elevated there after several checks so the doc put me on blood pressure meds.
I had been off all herbs for a week prior to the visit and still am not taking anything. I know SarahSchilling mentioned years ago about her blood "thickening" on PM so she stopped taking it and things returned to normal. I'm wondering if this is what is happening with me or could it be just coincidence? I've been eating much healthier (more fruits and veggies, very little red meat) but very little exercise except yard work and sex.
I see my endo in a week so I will be asking if perhaps it's synthroid related, even though those numbers all look good for my condition. My research shows higher estrogen levels can cause the need for higher synthroid to get the right levels, especially in women that are on hormone replacement or MTF trans. With this my thought is stopping PM caused my levels to elevate and yet while my blood work still looks good thus it's affecting my blood pressure. I could start taking PM again to see if it drops but hesitant to do so.
And it could all just be age related and I'm just overthinking things, as I'm 45 this year.
Obviously my health is the biggest concern...any thoughts on this?